Why Facebook Shutting Down Its Old Facial Recognition System Doesn’t Matter
Facebook just made a big deal of shutting down its original facial recognition system. But the company’s pivot to the metaverse means collecting more personal information than ever before.
Emily Baker-White
Facebook's New Name Is Meta
CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is now metaverse first, not Facebook first.
Katie Notopoulos
Instagram's Outage Convinced Small Business Owners That They Need Their Own Websites
“I plan to have my own website soon so people can order off that,” said one jewelry designer. “I cannot control Instagram.”
Ade Onibada
Facebook, Instagram, And WhatsApp Are Back Online After A Long Outage
Facebook's apps were down for more than six hours.
Katie Notopoulos
The 2010s Have Broken Our Sense Of Time
The rhythms of American life changed in the 2010s. How everything from TV to Trump to Instagram messed with your head just enough that time feels like it melted.
Katherine Miller
The Secret Of Miles City: How A Friend Request Shattered A Small Town’s Innocence
A high school athletic trainer claimed his unorthodox treatments would change players’ lives. Dozens of victims say school officials, including one who’s now a state lawmaker, kept “Doc’s” secrets.
Tyler Kingkade
9 Reasons Why Everything Is Terrible
Get your comfort food ready.
Ben Rosen
Facebook Is “Pausing” Instagram For Kids
“We believe building 'Instagram Kids' is the right thing to do, but we're pausing the work,” Instagram’s head wrote on the company blog.
Katie Notopoulos
Do NOT Say Mark Zuckerberg Was Riding An Electric Surfboard
“I mean, it is defamation.”
Katie Notopoulos
Back Off, Grandma, I'm Working Remotely From My Portal
Facebook’s new battery-powered Portal is portable and intended for your boss AND your grandparents.
Katie Notopoulos
We Aren’t Holding The Right People Responsible For Cancel Culture
The way we talk on the internet is broken, but users are not the ones who broke it — tech companies did that, and they did it for profit.
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
I Don’t Know What These Food Videos Are, But I Can't Stop Watching Them
When I die, turn me into one of Chefclub's horrible recipes. I beg of you.
Scaachi Koul
Millennial Women Made LuLaRoe Billions. Then They Paid The Price.
Lawsuits, mountains of unsold leggings, and families drowning in debt: the tumultuous story behind a multilevel marketing brand that promised millennial women a pathway to financial freedom.
Stephanie McNeal
Think Trump Can’t Win In 2020? These Bikers Want To Change That.
In the chaos of the 2016 election, Chris Cox forged a political machine out of an unlikely demographic — one that helped Trump reach the White House and is determined to keep him there.
James Pogue
These Women Are Only On Facebook For The Groups
Private Facebook groups have been a respite from online toxicity, even as the social media giant continues to suck at combating misinformation and abuse.
Anne Helen Petersen
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more complex and far simpler than I expected.
Anne Helen Petersen
The Rise, Lean, And Fall Of Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg
The reality of Silicon Valley is that it’s commerce by any means necessary. And the reality of Sandberg is that she’s excellent at it.
Anne Helen Petersen
How The Internet Is Changing The Way Dogs Find Homes
In the age of the viral doggo, shelters and rescue organizations are recognizing the need to hop aboard the meme train — or risk getting left behind.
Gray Chapman
A Facebook Watchdog Group Appeared To Cheer A Law That Could Hurt Journalists
The Real Facebook Oversight Board wants content moderation, and it wants it now. What happens when journalists are targeted?
Joseph Bernstein
How Indian Kids Raised Without Personal Space Became Adults Who Don't Care About Privacy
As the courts decide whether Indians have a "right to privacy," the real battle rages on in living rooms and principal's offices.
Aroon Deep
In Defense Of "Vaguebooking"
My real friends will know what I'm talking about.
Daniel Nester
I Watched My Ex Fall In Love With Someone Else On Facebook
Keeping tabs on him via social media became a form of self-inflicted torture that I just couldn't quit.
Kirsten King
How I Grew Up On The Internet
The internet is IRL. It always has been.
Summer Anne Burton
Mourning My Mom, Before And After Facebook
My mom died before Facebook was invented. Sometimes I wonder if mourning her would've been easier if it had been around.
Jessica Machado
What's Behind The Fear Of Missing Out On Grief
Social media has given us a strange new response to tragedy — the feeling that we must post something about it.
Anna North
Influencers Are Taking Desperate Measures To Recover Their Instagram Accounts
People who operate on the fringes of Instagram’s community guidelines say they’ve resorted to desperate measures after losing their accounts, turning to dealers who say they have a back door to the platform.
Lauren Strapagiel
Facebook "Likes" Reveal Where Patients Die
At hospitals with more "likes" on Facebook, heart attack patients are less likely to die.
Anna North
Big Tech Thought It Had A Billion Users In The Bag. Now It Might Be Forced To Make Hard Choices To Get Them.
Long viewed as the world’s biggest market for “the next billion users,” India is fast becoming Silicon Valley’s biggest headache.
Pranav Dixit
Facebook Unveiled VR Work Meetings, Which, No Thanks
The problem is, work sucks.
Katie Notopoulos
“I Have Blood On My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
A 6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew about specific examples of global political manipulation — and failed to act.
Craig Silverman
